Table 1.

Diet formulation.

Specification	Grower Stage (14–35 days)			Finisher Stage (36–42 days)
	SAB 0%	SAB 0.025%	SAB 0.05%	SAB 0%	SAB 0.025%	SAB 0.05%
	%			%
Corn	62.00	61.97	61.95	60.50	60.47	60.45
Soybean meal (46% CP *)	26.58	26.58	26.58	25.46	25.46	25.46
Gluten	4.00	4.00	4.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Oil	2.50	2.50	2.50	3.75	3.75	3.75
Salix alba bark powder	0	0.025	0.05	0	0.025	0.05
Calcium carbonate	1.40	1.40	1.40	1.33	1.33	1.33
Monocalcium phosphate	1.36	1.36	1.36	1.13	1.13	1.13
Salt	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.33	0.33	0.33
DL-Methionine	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.25	0.25	0.25
Lysine HCl	0.48	0.48	0.48	0.20	0.20	0.20
Choline	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Premix **	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Calculated Metabolisable energy, kcal/kg	3140.03	3140.03	3140.03	3250.00	3250.00	3250.00
Chemical composition—calculated
Dry matter, %	86.48	86.48	86.48	86.49	86.49	86.49
Crude protein, %	20.5	20.5	20.5	19.50	19.50	19.50
Ether extract, %	4.46	4.46	4.46	5.66	5.66	5.66
Crude fibre, %	3.54	3.54	3.54	3.56	3.56	3.56
Calcium, %	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.78	0.78	0.78
Phosphorus, %	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.74	0.74	0.74
Available phosphorus, %	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.39	0.39	0.39
Lysine, %	1.35	1.35	1.35	1.15	1.15	1.15
Methionine, %	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.59	0.59	0.59
Meth + Cys, %	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.95	0.95	0.95
Threonine, %	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.77	0.77	0.77
Triptophan, %	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.22	0.22

* %CP of DM. ** 1 kg premix contains 1,100,000 IU/kg vit. A; 200,000 IU/kg vit. D3; 2700 IU/kg vit. E; 300 mg/kg vit. K; 200 mg/kg Vit. B1; 400 mg/kg vit. B2; 1485 mg/kg pantothenic acid; 2700 mg/kg nicotinic acid; 300 mg/kg vit. B6; 4 mg/kg Vit. B7; 100 mg/kg vit. B9; 1.8 mg/kg vit. B12; 2000 mg/kg vit. C; 8000 mg/kg manganese; 8000 mg/kg iron; 500 mg/kg copper; 6000 mg/kg zinc; 37 mg/kg cobalt; 152 mg/kg iodine; 18 mg/kg selenium. CP = Crude protein; DM = dry matter.